Mirage of Health Rev E/

René Dubos

Not Avail

Foreword by Rene Dubos. 24 contributors, including Paul Ehrlich, Stewart L. Udall, Hazel Henderson, and George Wald. 225p. Published for the Council on Population and Environment.

Population, Environment and People

Politics & Social Sciences

McGraw/Hill

Social Sciences

McGraw-Hill Inc.,US

A scientist discusses man's relationship with nature and urges individuals to cultivate positive values to create a meaningful life

God within

Literature & Fiction

Classics

Angus&Robertson

So Human an Animal

Rupert Hart-Davis

This enlarged edition of Man Adapting includes a new chapter expanding Dr. Dubos’s discussion of the role of medicine in man’s adaptive processes. In 1965 he wrote at length of the biological and social problems of human adaptation, while treating the medical aspects of this problem only in passing. He believed that the goal of medicine was to help man function successfully with the particular circumstances of his environment and heredity. But despite advancements in the prevention and treatment of disease, skepticism has developed during the last two decades concerning the usefulness of modern medicine. Dr. Dubos turns here to readdress this question. Today physicians rely on sophisticated scientific knowledge, and no longer offer the traditional doctor-patient relationship which ministered to psychological as well as physical comfort. But it is this spiritual aspect of human medicine, Dr. Dubos argues, which distinguishes it from general biology, and it will retain its unique position among the sciences only if it accepts responsibility for the human aspects of life. Dr. Dubos demonstrates the complex interrelationship between man and his biological environment. He writes, “I have attempted to focus my attention on the individual human being . . . trying as best he can to meet the emergencies of the day and to prepare for the uncertainties of the future. He is Man Adapting.”

Man Adapting

Yale Univ. Press

A God Within: A Positive View of Mankinds Future

Religion & Spirituality

“Only One Earth…remains a classic study of the environment on a global scale....The organization and subject matter of Down to Earth reflect the metamorphosis of the environmental issue in ten years.” ―Walt Patterson, New Statesman An unofficial report commissioned by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment. Prepared with the assistance of a 152-member committee of corresponding consultants in 58 countries.“[A] profoundly ethical, value-oriented study . . . [points] to areas of concern for economists and political scientists, philosophers and theologians.” ―P.J. Henriot, America

Only One Earth: The Care and Maintenance of a Small Planet

Barbara Ward

W.W.Norton&Company

Of Human Diversity (1972 Heinz Werner Lecture Series)

Clark University Press

A scientist discusses man's relationship with nature and urges individuals to cultivate positive values to create a meaningful life

A God Within

Macmillan Pub. Co.

Health and Disease (Life Science Library)

Maya Pines

Time-Life International

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by René Dubos. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by René Dubos